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Robert Brownlee Currey

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Robert Brownlee Currey
Robert Brownlee Currey ca. 1837
Born1774
DiedDecember 8, 1848
Nashville, Tennessee
NationalityAmerican
OccupationPolitician
SpouseJane Gray Owen
ChildrenRichard Owen Currey
Algernon B. Currey
Robert B. Currey
William Hume Currey
Algernon S. Currey
Washington J. Currey
John Currey
Elizabeth Jane Currey

Robert Brownlee Currey (1774–1848) was an American Jeffersonian Republican politician.[1][2] He served as the mayor of Nashville, Tennessee, from 1822 to 1824.[1][2][3]

Early life

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Currey was born in 1774.[1]

Career

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Currey served as the first United States Postmaster in Nashville.[3][4] From 1822 to 1824, he served as Mayor of Nashville.[1][2][3]

Personal life and death

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Currey was married to Jane Gray Owen.[1] They had eight children, Richard Owen Currey (1816–1865), Algernon B. (died 1815, 7 months old), Robert B. (1817–1860), William Hume (1818–1831), Algernon S., Washington J., John, and Elizabeth Jane.[1][3] He died on December 8, 1848, in Nashville.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Friends of Metropolitan Archives of Nashville and Davidson County, TN
  2. ^ a b c Nashville Library
  3. ^ a b c d The East Tennessee Historical Society's Publications, East Tennessee Historical Society, Issue 50, 1982, p. 58 [1]
  4. ^ Mary Bondurant Warren, Family Puzzlers, Heritage Papers, Issues 1368-1392, 1995 [2]
Political offices
Preceded by Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee
1822–1824
Succeeded by